Read the excerpt from susan b. anthony’s “on women's right to vote.”

and it is a downright mockery to talk to women of their enjoyment of the blessings of liberty while they are denied the use of the only means of securing them provided by this democratic-republican government—the ballot.

which phrases in this excerpt have an angry tone?
a) a downright mockery; denied the use of
b) to talk to women; enjoyment of the blessings of liberty
c) the only means of securing; provided by
d) this democratic-republican government; the ballot